Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and Properties
The rational design and engineer of organogel-based smart materials and stimuli-responsive materials with tuned properties requires the control of the non-covalent forces driving the hierarchical self-assembly. Chirality, as well as <i>cis/trans</i> relative configuration, also plays a c...
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| description | The rational design and engineer of organogel-based smart materials and stimuli-responsive materials with tuned properties requires the control of the non-covalent forces driving the hierarchical self-assembly. Chirality, as well as <i>cis/trans</i> relative configuration, also plays a crucial role promoting the morphology and characteristics of the aggregates. Cycloalkane derivatives can provide chiral chemical platforms allowing the incorporation of functional groups and hydrophobic structural units able for a convenient molecular stacking leading to gels. Restriction of the conformational freedom imposed by the ring strain is also a contributing issue that can be modulated by the inclusion of flexible segments. In addition, donor/acceptor moieties can also be incorporated favoring the interactions with light or with charged species. This review offers a perspective on the abilities and properties of carbocycle-based organogelators starting from simple cycloalkane derivatives, which were the key to establish the basis for an effective self-assembling, to sophisticated polycyclic compounds with manifold properties and applications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f69566784bf14b5fb23f2d74606edba52023-11-21T18:05:35ZengMDPI AGGels2310-28612021-05-01725410.3390/gels7020054Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and PropertiesRosa M. Ortuño0Departament de Química, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Cerdanyola del Vallès, SpainThe rational design and engineer of organogel-based smart materials and stimuli-responsive materials with tuned properties requires the control of the non-covalent forces driving the hierarchical self-assembly. Chirality, as well as <i>cis/trans</i> relative configuration, also plays a crucial role promoting the morphology and characteristics of the aggregates. Cycloalkane derivatives can provide chiral chemical platforms allowing the incorporation of functional groups and hydrophobic structural units able for a convenient molecular stacking leading to gels. Restriction of the conformational freedom imposed by the ring strain is also a contributing issue that can be modulated by the inclusion of flexible segments. In addition, donor/acceptor moieties can also be incorporated favoring the interactions with light or with charged species. This review offers a perspective on the abilities and properties of carbocycle-based organogelators starting from simple cycloalkane derivatives, which were the key to establish the basis for an effective self-assembling, to sophisticated polycyclic compounds with manifold properties and applications.https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/7/2/54low-molecular-weight organogelatorscycloalkanescholesterol-based organogelatorschiralitystimuli-responsive materialsself-healing gels |
| spellingShingle | Rosa M. Ortuño Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and Properties Gels low-molecular-weight organogelators cycloalkanes cholesterol-based organogelators chirality stimuli-responsive materials self-healing gels |
| title | Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and Properties |
| title_full | Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and Properties |
| title_fullStr | Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and Properties |
| title_full_unstemmed | Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and Properties |
| title_short | Carbocycle-Based Organogelators: Influence of Chirality and Structural Features on Their Supramolecular Arrangements and Properties |
| title_sort | carbocycle based organogelators influence of chirality and structural features on their supramolecular arrangements and properties |
| topic | low-molecular-weight organogelators cycloalkanes cholesterol-based organogelators chirality stimuli-responsive materials self-healing gels |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2310-2861/7/2/54 |
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